First Run some "new to me" cars!

42trainman. Those are recognizable and what’s more they have made their debut on film! From newspaper to track. Colorful.

might you have some video or pics of the Lionel corporation years shelf queens as well?
thx.

Very cool indeed.

LeRoof,

I'll be free a little later to go upstars, I'll take another vid or two and post.

Some of the 1980/81 diesel engines.

few of the early steam engines.   They all run.

A few more steamers from dad's old collection.  I hope ya'll enjoy seeing them.

Another steamer, a few caboose, and the cops and robber car.

A few more...

So there it is, those were dad's trains.   Generally, they all run and are in pretty nice shape.   Not new like or anything, but nice still.   Some good ones I guess, some are just leftovers.   I mostly just run the new Lionel stuff I have purchased over the last 3 years since this journey began.  Anyway, I hope ya'll enjoyed a peek.

Some really nice stuff……a great remembrance of your Dad to be sure!

Peter

Thanks Peter, it's crazy thinking all this survived 40 years in an attic!

A nice collection he left you.  Good they all run.  Once your layout is running make sure they stretch their legs, that's what they were made for.  I really like the MPC era billboard reefers.  They were so colorful.

42trainman! Thanks for posting the rest of dad’s postwar trains. They all are appreciated!

Sure thing LeRoof!  Hope everyone enjoyed a peek.  Coach, I didn't realize those are what is termed MPC era.  I've heard that term and never really knew.  All of those are molded plastic bodies with plastic trucks, but metal wheels and axles.   So they still roll nicely.   There were three other boxcars, that I did not picture that are a joke, the whole thing is plastic, EVEN the wheels and axles!   Lionel should be ashamed of those!   But hey, I had a Mustang II back in the day also... and my buddy had a Pinto.  

@42trainman- Wonderful collection that your Dad left you.  Some great ones as I observed but all really good and very collectable.  Just so you know, in 1959 the founder Joshua Lionel Cowen and his son sold their interest in the Lionel Company and retired.  Despite various diversity efforts, the Company never recovered its prior position in business and train sales continued to decline, perhaps as much as a change in the preferences in the marketplace as anything else.  In 1969, the original Lionel Corp ceased making trains and sold the product die tooling and licensed the rights to their brand name for the manufacture and sale of trains to General Mills who continued their manufacture in their Model Products Corporation and  Fundimensions division. Hence the "MPC" for the Model Products Corporation which continued from 1970-1985. Other Corporate entities which continued the post war production are "Lionel Trains Incorporated (LTI)" from 1986-1995, and Lionel LLC (LLC) 1996-date.  The Lionel Corporation (original) continued in various lines of business (toy stores, others) with varied success until it announced the liquidation of all its stores and its exit from business in 1993.  Lionel LLC currently owns almost all of the titles, trademarks, and licenses etc.  

Best Wishes with your Dad's collection

Don

@Don McErlean, that's a nice concise trademark history of Lionel.

Yes, thanks Don, that is very helpful.  It really puts some history in perspective.  I pulled out those 3 poorly built trains and I will correct my previous post about the plastic wheels and axles to reflect "plastic wheels with metal axle.   The wheels are poorly shaped.  These 3 are junkers to me.   The handful of steam engines are what's interesting to me, I've been trying to figure each out, but I'm still a novice at spotting some of this.

@42trainman- I have a number of reference books on Lionel and Marx. If you need more information to help identify some trains I would be happy to help. Just shoot me your questions.
Best Wishes

Don

I'm not sure which cars you have with plastic wheels but before you consider them junkers you could switch to some plastic trucks with metal wheels and axles if the cars interest you.  The plastic trucks are more economical than the die-cast for starter set cars.